Bethel Hospital

I was attending another history group the other day and one of the members mentioned something I knew nothing about - the Bethel Hospital in Norwich.  So who provided the funds to build the hospital and when was it built?  What was the Great Blow?  It was the first public psychiatric asylum outside London but who were its inmates?  And which famous Norwich architect remodelled the hospital?  Above is a picture of the front of the hospital.  To find out the answers to these questions and more related information please select the following link:  

https://www.edp24.co.uk/things-to-do/mary-chapman-and-the-bethel-hospital-norwich-1454762

Here is another related article about Bethel Hospital which does repeat itself a little but there is some interesting content.  The article mentions some items discovered in an inventory which may be of interest and also the average length of stay of the inmates is quite shocking.  Please select the following link to find out more:

https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1057688&resourceID=19191